Joseph HALL

(1793-1859)

HALL, Joseph, a
Representative from Maine; born in Methuen, Essex County, Mass.,
June 26, 1793; attended the common schools and Andover Academy,
Andover, Mass.; moved to Camden, Maine, in 1809 and engaged in
mercantile pursuits; during the War of 1812 served as ensign in
1814 in Colonel Forte’s regiment, Massachusetts Militia, and
was subsequently appointed colonel; deputy sheriff in 1821; sheriff
in 1827; postmaster of Camden 1830-1833; elected as a Jacksonian to
the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March
3, 1837); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of
the Navy (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses); again
postmaster in 1837 and 1838; appointed measurer in the Boston
customhouse in 1838 and served until 1846; naval agent at Boston
1846-1849; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Boston in 1849;
engaged in agricultural pursuits 1850-1857; clerk in the Boston
customhouse from 1857 until his death in that city on December 31,
1859; interment in Mountain Cemetery, Camden, Maine.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present